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25.\" $FreeBSD$
26.\"
27.Dd July 5, 2013
28.Dt HPTNR 4
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm hptnr
32.Nd "HighPoint DC Series Data Center HBA card driver"
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34To compile this driver into the kernel,
35place the following line in your
36kernel configuration file:
37.Bd -ragged -offset indent
38.Cd "device hptnr"
39.Ed
40.Pp
41Alternatively, to load the driver as a
42module at boot time, place the following line in
43.Xr loader.conf 5 :
44.Bd -literal -offset indent
45hptnr_load="YES"
46.Ed
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Nm
50driver provides support for HighPoint's DC Series Data Center HBA card.
51.Sh HARDWARE
52The
53.Nm
54driver supports the following SATA
55controllers:
56.Pp
57.Bl -bullet -compact
58.It
59HighPoint's DC7280 series
60.It
61HighPoint's Rocket R750 series
62.El
63.Sh NOTES
64The
65.Nm
66driver only works on the i386 and amd64 platforms as it requires a binary
67blob object from the manufacturer which they only supply for these platforms.
68The
69.Nm
70driver does
71.Em not
72work on i386 with
73.Xr pae 4
74enabled.
75.Sh SEE ALSO
76.Xr kld 4 ,
77.Xr kldload 8 ,
78.Xr loader 8
79.Sh HISTORY
80The
81.Nm
82device driver first appeared in
83.Fx 9.2 .
84.Sh AUTHORS
85.An -nosplit
86The
87.Nm
88device driver was written by
89.An HighPoint Technologies, Inc. .
90This manual page was written by
91.An Xin LI Aq delphij@FreeBSD.org
92for iXsystems, Inc.
93